Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
2/22/00
Contacts:
Carl Neifert, Iowa State University Extension, (515)
462-1001, x1nifert@exnet.iastate.edu
Sherry Hoyer, Iowa Pork Industry Center, (515) 294-4496,
shoyer@iastate.edu
March 3 ICN Offered on Pork Contracts
AMES, Iowa -- Pork producers, lenders and other hog industry professionals are invited to participate in a March 3 Iowa Communications Network program. This program focuses on production and marketing contracts, including information on how to read a contract and determine whether it is right for your operation. The program is sponsored by the Iowa Pork Industry Center, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa Pork Producers Association and the National Pork Producers Council.
Keynote speaker is Laura Cheney, agricultural economist from Michigan State University. Cheney has focused on issues of vertical integration and contracting in the pork and poultry industries, and her research and extension responsibilities at MSU include a significant emphasis on the pork industry.
The ICN program will be held at about 20 sites throughout the state from 9:30-11:30 a.m. It will originate from the Wallace Research Farm near Lewis.
The program is free and no preregistration is necessary. For more information, contact your local county ISU Extension office. The list of approved sites follows:
Lewis--Wallace Research Farm, ISU Extension Center, 53020
Hitchcock Ave.: origination site
Ames--ISU campus, N137 Lagomarcino Hall
Bennett--Jr-Sr. High School, 300 Cedar St.
Carroll--High School, Room A169, 300 Cedar St.
Cedar Rapids--Kirkwood Community College, Room 32A, Kirkwood
Farm, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd.
Clarinda--National Guard Armory, 701 East Washington
Early--Schaller-Crestland High School
Forest City--High School, 206 West School St.
Greenfield--High School, Room 124, 410 NW 2nd
Iowa Falls--National Guard Armory, 217 Georgetown Rd.
Lake City--Southern Cal High School, 709 W Main St.
Mount Pleasant--National Guard Armory, 1000 S. Walnut
Osage--High School, Room 164, 820 Sawyer
Ottumwa--National Guard Armory, 2858 N. Court Rd.
Newton--Des Moines Area Community College, Newton
Polytechnic Campus, Room 118, 600 North 2nd Ave. W
Northwood--Northwood-Kensett Jr-Sr High School, 704 7th St.
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Sheldon--Northwest Iowa Community College, Building D, Room
410, 603 W. Park St.
Storm Lake--Buena Vista University ICN, Room 7A,
Informational Technology Center, 610 West 4th St.
Washington--National Guard Armory, 501 Hwy. 1 South
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Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.